Stony Blyden

Stony Blyden
Background information
Birth name	Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson
Born	(1996-03-09) 9 March 1996 (age 28)[1] Reykjavík, Iceland
Genres	Hip hop
Occupations	Actor rapper singer writer record producer
Instruments	Bass drums guitar synthesizer sequencer sampler vocals
Years active	2011–present

Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson Blyden, (born 9 March 1996) better known by his stage name Stony Blyden, is an Icelandic actor, rapper, singer, drummer and record producer.

Life

Blyden was born and raised in Reykjavík, Iceland.[2] His father, Baldvin, is an Icelandic baker and his mother, Deborah, a Cuban fitness instructor. Blyden began drumming at an early age.[3] He said that he learned English from watching Friends and Seinfeld.[2]

Career

For his musical artist name, he chose Stony, which is a rough translation of the second part of his Icelandic name, Thorsteinn, "Thor stone." Using a camera he borrowed from his father he started filming him and his friends covering various songs. He then went on to upload his own drum covers to YouTube under the name Stony's World. In 2014, he starred in a Pepsi commercial for 2014 FIFA World Cup.[4]

He also created pop-inspired remixes of the Jake and Amir comedy web series produced by CollegeHumor, receiving millions of views on YouTube and a substantial number of purchases on ITunes. In a collaboration with Jake and Amir in 2019, Blyden stated that the proceeds from these remixes "got [him] through school" and that he continues to receive money from the songs to this day.[5] As an actor, Blyden has appeared in the films The Standoff and Hope Springs Eternal, as well as the Hulu television series Casual.[6] He stars in the 2017 Nickelodeon television series Hunter Street.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Standoff	Klyde Kosar
2018	Dude	Stony
2018	Hope Springs Eternal	Seth Grass
2020	Life in a Year	Kiran
2025	You're Cordially Invited	Oliver

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Casual	Cookie Guy	Episode: "Big Green Egg"
2017–19	Hunter Street	Max Hunter	Main role (33 episodes)
2018	Run for Your Life	Miles	Television film
2019	Bluff City Law	Emerson	Recurring role (10 episodes)
2022	How I Met Your Father	Jasper	8 episodes
2022	Big Shots	Jackson Hoover	5 episodes
2023	American Born Chinese	Andy	5 episodes
2023	Goosebumps	Trey

Discography

• 2014: Feel Good

References

1. Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (5 October 2022). "Íslendingabók - Þorsteinn Sindri Baldvinsson (9 March 1996)".
2. Sarner, Lauren (17 September 2019). "'Bluff City Law' star Stony Blyden: I learned English from 'Friends'". New York Post. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
3. "Með yfir 500.000 'views' á YouTube" (Icelandic), Monitor, Morgunblaðið, June 3, 2013.
4. Pálsson, Stefán Árni (10 November 2014). "Stony: "Netið er klikkað"". visir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
5. Jake and Amir (5 August 2019). "Jake and Amir Watch Yams! & Bitch! & The Milkman (w/Stony Blyden)".
6. "'Stony on Casual'". Hulu. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
7. Joanna Padovano Tong (24 February 2017). "Nickelodeon Preps Premiere of Hunter Street". World Screen. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

External links

• Stony Blyden on Twitter
• Stony Blyden on Facebook
• Stony Blyden at IMDb